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Harry M. Penny Diary
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3377
Scope and Contents
Harry Penny was a farmer in Allegan during these years. Not much has been found about him yet although in the 1930 census he is living in Illinois with his wife Alice. At that time both of them are 49. In 1935 he is living in Allegan and working as a farmer. The diary includes information about the weather and his daily activities which include dairy production and farm life. He does mention Alice. According to notes he also writes about his concerns over a federal government proposal to...
Dates:
1935
Helen Zakin papers
Collection
Identifier: 01-exws_zakin
Abstract
Photographs, negatives, and slides, notes, booklets and papers gathered by Dr. Zakin for her research, as well as academic papers and presentations and correspondence.
Dates:
1972-2004; Other: Date acquired: 2010
Henderson-Ames Company Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-3541
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of design templates, catalogues, and correspondence from the Henderson-Ames Company located in Kalamazoo Michigan, which was in business from 1893 to 1993.
Dates:
1890-1911
Henry & Klazina Groen Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4062
Scope and Contents
The Dutch-language family booklet, titled “Familie-Boekje,” measures 4.2 x 6.5 inches and is in good condition. The date of the booklet is unknown but was most likely purchased at the time of Henry and Klazina’s marriage in 1916 or after the birth of their second child in 1924. The booklet is enclosed in exposed board and features a red cloth spine. The booklet’s content includes the 1916 marriage record for “Hendrik and Klazina Groen,” as well as the birth record for their daughters Grietje...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1920-1961
Heraclitan Society
Record Group
Identifier: RG-40/118
Scope and Contents
Finding aids and inventories for Heraclitan Society (40/118).
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1973 - 1987
Heritage Community of Kalamazoo
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4232
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of documents, photographs, scrapbooks, photo albums, and VHS/cassette tapes from the Heritage Community of Kalamazoo, an senior living community, located in Kalamazoo Michigan.
The documents include event information, reports, an IRS letter, lists, bylaws and ethical information, agreements, board minutes, a cookbook, guestbook, marketing materials, newletters, ledgers, court cases, and campaign materials.
Dates:
1950s-
Hiram B. Valentine Collection
Item
Identifier: RH-A-3539
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the personal ledger of Hiram B. Valentine, a resident of Brady Township, Kalamazoo, MI, who ran a 40-acre farm along with his wife and four children. This collection was acquired by Dr. Sharon Carlson thanks to the Starring Endowment, in 2012. The ledger contained in this collection lists the wages paid to various farm laborers for certain tasks, as well as things related to the production of various goods (i.e., wheat, corn, butter, leather, etc.) and business...
Dates:
1821-1891
Hoekstra Hardware
Collection
Identifier: A-4000
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of an advertisement scrapbook and a book of legal documents, and several photographs of Hoekstra Hardware which existed in Kalamazoo for nearly 150 years, 1867-2016.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1867-2016
Hollister Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: RH-A-4323
Scope and Contents
This collection contains letters, diaries, and legal documents from the Hollister family who lived in Burr Oak, Michigan and Hamilton, Illinois during the mid-1800s and early 1900s.Several letters are to and from Albert N. Hollister (1842-1915) and his mother Mary (Hollister) Shaw née Newcomb (1821-1905) and his younger sister (Mary) Lillian Hollister (1848-1866). The bulk of these letters were written during a long illness that claimed Lillian’s life in 1866 and the period...
Dates:
mid-1800s to early 1900s
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